Rebbetzin Chana Naparstek classes will resume after the Chagim (holidays).
Rabbi Rackovsky class will resume after the Chagim.
Starting Oct 21: School will close for aftercare on Fridays at 4:30pm. Aftercare schedule is posted here.
Oct. 11: Early Dismissal - Preschool 11:30am, K-8 12:00pm. No discovery classes.
Oct. 12: No School - Yom Kippur
Oct. 13: Late start for school - 9:00am
Oct .17: Land's End is offering 40 percent off uniforms. Promo: FROME Pin: 7425
Oct. 17 & 18: No School - Sukkot
Oct. 24: No School - Shmini Atzeret
Oct. 25: No School - Simchat Torah
Items Needed for Donation
During Sukkot, the Akiba Middle School Chesed committee will be distributing needed items to the homeless in Dallas. Please send in these items with your child to their classroom teacher as soon as possible. Our students will deliver them during the week of Sukkot.
Teenoki - Travel toothpaste
K'Ton Ton - Travel mouth wash
Nitzanim - Shampoo and conditioner- travel size
Chaverim - Band aids
Kindergarten - Deodorant
First Grade - Juice boxes
Second Grade - Hand sanitizer
Third Grade - Toothbrushes and combs
Fourth Grade - Snack size crackers
Fifth Grade - Raisins and fruit snacks
Sixth Grade - Peanut butter and jelly
Seventh Grade - Cheese sticks
Eighth Grade - Sliced bread
PRESCHOOL SHABBAT
This Friday, Nitzanim families are invited to attend the Early Childhood Shabbat hosted by Morah Mooka and Sarah's class. Please meet your child in Hanna's Room at 9 a.m. Shabbat concludes at 9:30 a.m. Afterward, parents are invited to join children for challah and grape juice in class.
Hospitality for moms and dads will be held in the Preschool Atrium from 8:30-9 a.m.
SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS
The photographs that were ordered before retake day will be handed out in classrooms on Thursday, October 13.
YEARBOOK ADS FOR SALE
Yearbook ads are now available for purchase. PURCHASE HERE
AKIBA BASKETBALL
Basketball season is right around the corner! Parent meeting is Monday 10/31/16 at 4:30 in the gym. First practice for 5th/6th grade - boys 10/31/16 and girls 11/1/16, both at Landmark Fitness. First practice for 7th/8th grade - boys and girls both 10/31/16 at Akiba gym.
If you haven't signed up yet, forms can be found by clicking here.
TZEDAKAH COMMITTEE
To celebrate the upcoming holiday of Sukkot, the 8th grade tzedakah committee will be doing a project to help raise money for poor families in Israel. We will be putting up a poster with a picture of lulav and etrog or Sukkah with a tzedakah box next to in it in the main entrance of the preschool and lower school. For each coin or bill the students put in the tzedakah box, he or she can put a sticker in the picture. By the end of Sukkot, we will collect the money, count it, and donate it to Yad Eliezar, a charity that helps break the cycle of poverty in Israel, one family at a time. We would like to invite your children to participate in doing this mitzvah. Thank you in advanced for your support.
Dairy Dinner and Dessert in the Sukkah: Mark your calendars to join us in the campus sukkah for dinner, dessert, games, and fun on Oct. 19 at 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP by October 16th CLICK HERE TO RSVP.
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